Submissions by Keilani
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. (Gibran)
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Today 12:53pm
Today 12:53pm
Beware
The lurking face
that is Desire
of her victims
doth require
Build her shrine
ever higher
consumes them
savagely
on her pyre
that is Desire
of her victims
doth require
Build her shrine
ever higher
consumes them
savagely
on her pyre
#greed
#fear
8 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Sep 2021 7:38am
16th Sep 2021 7:38am
Twilight of Birds
#grief
#hope
16 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2021 7:13pm
15th Sep 2021 7:13pm
When We Rightly See
We are guests at life’s feast
each of us as good
as the dirt beneath
our sister’s feet
For who will be proud
shall taste defeat
her branches extending
with little reach
and at life’s table
find little to eat
But when the heart
in fullness blooms
and Truth we rightly see
for surely the eyes
are wont to deceive
The haughty cup of pride
swallowed by humility
in victory
we’ll raise together...
each of us as good
as the dirt beneath
our sister’s feet
For who will be proud
shall taste defeat
her branches extending
with little reach
and at life’s table
find little to eat
But when the heart
in fullness blooms
and Truth we rightly see
for surely the eyes
are wont to deceive
The haughty cup of pride
swallowed by humility
in victory
we’ll raise together...
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
17 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
15th Sep 2021 00:10am
15th Sep 2021 00:10am
Without Desire
#fate
47 reads
15 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Sep 2021 10:40pm
11th Sep 2021 10:40pm
Dandelions
Dewy drops on yellow caps
glisten as you nod your heads
shiny diamonds fill your crowns
rainbows shimmer as you bow
to travelers who pass your way
glisten as you nod your heads
shiny diamonds fill your crowns
rainbows shimmer as you bow
to travelers who pass your way
#flowers
29 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Sep 2021 3:42am
11th Sep 2021 3:42am
Satyr Play
I am the darkness
that crucifies life
I am the levity
deposing the strife
the satyr’s play
a potent wine
profane and holy
flawlessly twined
tartness and sweetness
plucked from the vine
Rising and setting
the sun in its hour
‘wakens the scent
of the fragrant flower
then loosens her tresses
to rest upon earth
becoming a cover
of mystical dust ...
that crucifies life
I am the levity
deposing the strife
the satyr’s play
a potent wine
profane and holy
flawlessly twined
tartness and sweetness
plucked from the vine
Rising and setting
the sun in its hour
‘wakens the scent
of the fragrant flower
then loosens her tresses
to rest upon earth
becoming a cover
of mystical dust ...
#universe
#philosophical
29 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2021 12:58pm
10th Sep 2021 12:58pm
911 (Tanka 6)
perishing towers
notion and understanding
remolded in fire
a step toward Reality
perfect non-duality
notion and understanding
remolded in fire
a step toward Reality
perfect non-duality
#humankind
27 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Sep 2021 1:50am
10th Sep 2021 1:50am
Haiku 24
in star strewn night
moon hides not her searching face
I merge into mask
moon hides not her searching face
I merge into mask
#humankind
24 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Sep 2021 6:41pm
9th Sep 2021 6:41pm
Noh Face
The tilting mask crosses the stage
a nebulous cloud of poetic grace
forged in the furnace of latent space
The dying flower of the hidden face
articulates in tender sorrow
unspoken loss of lineage noble
Warriors steeped in samurai creed
perchance in battle encounter defeat
each breath a song to be rephrased
But for one immutable in the Way
an offering to the Sugi tree
weeping petals falling free
Gather on its graceful boughs
instantly honored and received
bows humbly to the mask esteemed...
a nebulous cloud of poetic grace
forged in the furnace of latent space
The dying flower of the hidden face
articulates in tender sorrow
unspoken loss of lineage noble
Warriors steeped in samurai creed
perchance in battle encounter defeat
each breath a song to be rephrased
But for one immutable in the Way
an offering to the Sugi tree
weeping petals falling free
Gather on its graceful boughs
instantly honored and received
bows humbly to the mask esteemed...
#strength
#courage
#meditation
32 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
8th Sep 2021 3:36pm
8th Sep 2021 3:36pm
Lakota Hymn
I come from the Four Winds
from Great Spirit I ride
of the rolling river
awakened to life
My feet planted
in mother our Earth
I’m tender grass rising
a warrior blade I emerge
Sacred horse my companion
carries me and the sun
on the heels of justice
ever we run
Wrapped in the colors
of Great Spirit’s song
in rapture and sorrow
until I return
from Great Spirit I ride
of the rolling river
awakened to life
My feet planted
in mother our Earth
I’m tender grass rising
a warrior blade I emerge
Sacred horse my companion
carries me and the sun
on the heels of justice
ever we run
Wrapped in the colors
of Great Spirit’s song
in rapture and sorrow
until I return
#inspirational
33 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Sep 2021 8:05pm
7th Sep 2021 8:05pm
The Day Will Come
Your face is the sun
no poverty can stain
nor cloth can hide
the light of Divinity
your eyes radiate
Courageous ones
ye women and girls
fair voiced warriors
of prescient resolve
with hope and song
flickering candles
of Afghanistan
The weight of your brothers
seeks to quench your fire
binding your feet
every step forward
their ruinous shadow
shall not withstand light
instead succumb
to the triumphs of Truth
Your freedom is ours
we walk as one ...
no poverty can stain
nor cloth can hide
the light of Divinity
your eyes radiate
Courageous ones
ye women and girls
fair voiced warriors
of prescient resolve
with hope and song
flickering candles
of Afghanistan
The weight of your brothers
seeks to quench your fire
binding your feet
every step forward
their ruinous shadow
shall not withstand light
instead succumb
to the triumphs of Truth
Your freedom is ours
we walk as one ...
#children
#women
#men
33 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Sep 2021 11:53am
7th Sep 2021 11:53am
Arise
No day shall erase you from the memory of time.”
(Publius Vergilius Maro)
Imploding towers
collapse in hatred’s furnace
profane cremation
smite our sisters and brothers
upon unholy altars
Their light arises
ascending Jacob’s ladder
transfiguration
through the bane of zealotry
for our beloved twin towers
(Publius Vergilius Maro)
Imploding towers
collapse in hatred’s furnace
profane cremation
smite our sisters and brothers
upon unholy altars
Their light arises
ascending Jacob’s ladder
transfiguration
through the bane of zealotry
for our beloved twin towers
#memorial
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3 Comments
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